Brooder.



No. 875,417. PATENTBD DEG. 3l, 1907.

L. C. ELLIS.

` BRooDER. APPLICATION FILED HAY 8.1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

@Effie LUCY C. ELLIS, OF HERRELL, NORTH CAROLNA.

BROODER.

speciaation of Letters Patent.

Patented Lec. 31, 1907.

Applicntionled Hay 6. 1907. Serial No. 372.199.

To "Il ullom 'i t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Lt'cr C. ELLIS, a citi- 'zen of the lfmtcd States, residing at Herrell,

in the county of Mitchell, State of North Carolina, have invented certain n'ew and useful Improvements In Brooders; and I do hereby declare the following't n he a full, clear v and exact, description of the invention, such .as will enable others skillet! in the art to which it. appertains to make and use. the same.

' This invention relates to new and useful improvements in brooders, und it has for its otfjcct to Provide a device of this class which shall b'e extremely simple in construction,

inexpensive to manufacture and etlicient in the course of' thwex following. description in .20

wenden cloth i alongt fowls walkin;r imo and out ol' t y The details of construction will appear in which reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this spec-iieation. like characters of reference deswnating "similar parts throughout the severai views,

wherein:

Figure. l, is a front elevation of u. hrooder constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, the to i covering of textile material being rcmoved Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view thereof. Fig. 4 is a section illustrating,t the .covering of textile material imposed upon the supporting slats.

Referringr speciiically to the acconrzanying drawings, the numeral l designati-st e outer wall of the hrooder and the numeral 2 the inner wall, which is )referrihly lined with lie inner sides and ends t'iei'cot'. The walls l and 2 are formed with .awnings t and .'i. w hereby access may be had [n itil* iHH-rim' 1d' :iw lirnoilt'l' tu icl'lllit of illt ille same, and

l trans-verse walls 6 are secured to the walls 1 and 2 adjacent the several edges of the open-'- ings' to completely close. the space between said walls, the said s ace beingr filled with suitable cold air insu ating material .7' and thus affording a dead air chamber. Spanning the upper edges of the walt 2, are a }.lu rality of transverse spaced parallel slats 8, which atord a support for a covering of textile. material t), the latter having its edges detachably engafed with the. upper edges of the wall 2 hy tac s or other snit-able fastening means l0. i'

T he provision of tite dead air chamber and the lining 3 of wool cloth insures of the temperature within the interior of the hrooder icing; maintained at the degree. requisite to secured to the edges of said walls adjacent said door openings, a lillingof lient insulating material interposed in said dead air chamber, a lining,` of woolen cloth secured to the inner surface of said inner wall, spaced parallel slats supported upon the up )er edges of said inner wall, and a coveiing oiI textile material imposed upon said slats.

n testimony whereof, I allix my signatlire,V

in presence of two witnesses.

IA'CY C. ELLIS.

'it nessi-s:

Jani-:s WlLsoN, Jansen. Helmen.. 

